Refitting This Old Boat. [S4E7]
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I always love your introspective interludes. Remembering the joy even when the current moment is a huge slog is a wonderful perspective.
As always, beautifully produced. No one does boatyard videos like you do.
Thank you so much Wayne, this comment means a lot!
I agree Wayne. Maya has her own style, insightful, poetic, inspiring. Thank you Maya for sharing all these with us! - Don, from a little town on the Erie Canal
Maya, your prose is sublime. Your story telling is lyrical. Thank you for sharing.
I agree Aladino is extraordinary.
“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
You two are great! Thanks for just being, well, lights in the darkness.
If this is mile #2 in your marathon, Ran-day & I will be running ahead to cheer you on every mile of your amazing journey... it might be hard to keep on pace with Aladino, though, as he appears to be a Swiss machine! Bravo! 👏👏
Aw thanks so much guys!! So cool to see you commenting here! :)
You are not just another sailing couple with videos, you are more than that. You are teachers, you are a great inspiration for a new "old" boat owner and future liveaboard. The way you express everything it's just calming specially Maya's sweet, low voice tone. I really thank you guys. Keep up the great job.
Hi I'm Anthony, I'm new here. I keep trying to spot the construction crew, electricians, and mechanics hiding behind the set. But then I realized they are probably with the writing and editorial staff in the office buildings behind the trees.
Seriously, I don't think I could accomplish this. I've got 17 years full time automotive experience, 4 old houses, and half a dozen old airplanes rehabbed but time and lack of experience with sailing vessels confronts me now.
I captained a motor vessel out of Bellingham a few years back and got very interested in spending time going up around and over. YT teleport has been a fave.
Anyway, it is rare IMHO to have this pleasure observing a magnificent boat, people, places, utter talent and the many accomplishments as they unfold through determination on this melancholy grey day as the tree's whispering quitely in the back drop calm my morning.
May the intrinsically good perseverance outweigh both the work load and the very nature of sacrifices.
Good day!
I love it when you share your inner thoughts, the music, the scenery.... I have said it before and I will say it again... the two of you are Zanex for the soul.....
I always adhered to the "Do the Crap Jobs when you're in a crappy frame of mind too." The job will get done, and in the end you might even get the satisfaction that you won't have to do it again and that's got to make you smile inside. Great job you guys!
I admire your bravery ripping out wiring, plumbing and engine parts . . .
Some people find it less daunting to replace each part, piece by piece, but with your approach the overall redesign becomes simpler
Love the poetry and photography - please also enjoy many restful days :-)
I would have no issues buying a boat you guys have owned, you are thorough!
It took me seven years to renovate a 1899 Dutch deluxe motor barge of 28 meters in Amsterdam. 13 months alone on the skippers quarters in the bow. Much more money than I had ever thought, but the thousand mile road begins with one step and you keep going looking for the light. I salute you!
She could be writer..a audio book artist..any number of things of descriptive or explanatory nature..really love to listen to her talk..thank you..and I wish I had half the knowledge Aladino has
"For pain and pleasure are the
Twins that slightly out of focus spin around us till we finally understand
That everything that gives us pleasure also gives us pain to measure it
By, and I also realize... that all our lives we love illusion, neatly
Caught between confusion and the need to know we are alive." - The Residents
I get it and love the way you tell your story. Life is a constantly changing experience, yet, there is a thread that runs through it and makes a whole out of all those seemingly disparate experiences. Life is amazing, grand, and much more beautiful than we know. I am reminded of this in seeing your project go forward and hearing you share your thoughts and experiences.
Hey guys,
Want to thank Aladino for sharing his had won knowledge.
& Maya for reminding that work done with purpose sometimes has a time delay on the dividends;
and other important things.
Drew
What an intro! What we hear is "we've got a lot to do - we do." But look at the eyes of both of you. They say something completely different. What we see is just: "I love you!"
A big thank you from an old guy. I am impressed with your observations, Maya. That kind of introspection doesn't often come from one so young. Well put on your gloomy day. Enjoy them all, to the both of you.
To me the averaging of the highs and lows as wells as the overall love for what is being is done is contentment. I loved the explanation. Also dancing in the tyvek bunny suite had me laughing!
I have great respect for your commitment and the sympathetic way in which you talk to and about each other.
“I don’t know why-I like to do things methodically.” Right on!
Best comment ever
22:55 That sky moves me :D
Believe it or not, I like watching this kind of "destruction" video. It means when you start rebuilding, it will be on top of solid bones and not just a fresh coat of paint. Everything you put in will be done to YOUR satisfaction, not compromised from someone else's efforts.
Can't wait to see the launching dance still to come. How adorable! Aladino is right to pick the crappy days for the hardest work. It's a way to judo the opposing emotions and make them your servant instead of your master. Artists wait for inspiration from without, but master craftsmen have a master drive within. Best content on CZcams, by far!
These videos are great for people like me, who want to understand the process involved in a retrofit. Very educational. Thank you!
Crappy work on crappy days. Perfect. You guys are seriously the best! Could NOT have nailed happiness and perseverance in a more perfect way, I WILL be using your perspective for myself when struggling as well as to encourage those around me when things are tough.
This couple are the Thoreau of sailing and refitting.
Happy or sad, you are both fantastic and bring tears to my eyes every week. Thank you for making such great videos
The Cape George is one of my all time favorite boats. If will be a joy watching you refit your boat. You seem like a lovely couple so that is a big plus.
Can’t get to no brighter days ‘til you make it through the night.
Inlay the old table into a bigger table. Just use the old one, minus edge, as a pattern to route a large hole in the bigger table. Any material you want.
Another option would be to add a drop leaf on each side. You'd double the size of the table and keep the inlay and the lovely cupboard behind it when stored.
She is going to be a beauty, the battle is worth it, no doubt in my mind! Soldier on!
I love listening to your narration.
For me it is like reading a classic book, the same way books were written long ago, wonderfully, oh so wonderfully!
i love the way you tell your story its a story as well as refitting your boat but the story gives the insight to the reality of the every changing moods and feelings people don't normally share during a boat refit
Your happy dance is spectacular in that outfit. This boat is so worth such worthy caregivers putting their love into the dawning beauty she has in store. Highest Blessings
That table looks perfect, whatever you do don’t change or destroy it!
If you feel you must enlarge it, then put an old fashioned”leaf” on to it, that opens up when it’s deployed in place, but hinges 180 degrees to store flat, when placed back upright!
…. and now I am chilled after my weekly dose of Magic. Thank you xxxx
Your monologue about purpose at the end was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
i think you guys are just great. having just spent 5 yrs to restore and refit my canal boat in france i know how hard it can be . my girlfriend died 2 yrs into it leaving me with a 5 yr old to look after as well. working on my boat helped me through this time and now she is finished we take her out on the canal when we can. you guys are keeping a relationship together and filming the whole journey etc. i love your poetic narative and how calm aladino is.
Thank you for bringing us on your journey rebuilding magic carpet.
May I just say that I could listen to your voice all day when you are making the videos.
It's a very calming and beautiful voice to listen to.
Thank you again for taking us with you.
Please be careful and stay safe and well. 👏👌💖🌹
Maya, I believe you are the best script writer on any of the sailing channels. I enjoy your prose.
Big applause, a great episode! Well done Maya and Aladino. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
And we are proud of both of you. Rest a little. Laugh. Drink wine. The job can wait for a brief moment to restore the energies. Dance was nice!
Maya, I think you mean there is no winning, reward, achievement, without sacrifice. All through the history of Mankind, there are stories of struggle, pain, and suffering, then great achievement and joy. Celebration follows.
You have no need to explain this in your videos because including all aspects of your lives in them, is simply showing the realities of human social intercourse. Something we all experience every single day.
But!! Well done to both of you and also for such a well edited and narrated video. Both of you are so lucky to have each other because you both bring talents to the partnership that are of paramount importance. And thank you for the videos. They are very entertaining to watch!
I support and honor your "holistic view" of life and the way you choose to accept it all! Its what gets us through and how we continue to grow and evolve as human beings....
Regarding the chart table/quarter berth area, you could make a fold-down seat back for the chart table. When folded forward, the back of it could extend the quarter berth forward. Carefully planned, you could even squeeze some stowage into the seat back itself.
I believe that mentally wise, you're moving on in absolute harmony with what you had initially planned to do. I am also more than confident that both of you definitely have all it needs for turning out this project into a big success. Be strong and healthy!!!
Guys, keep up the hard work, I've been following your adventures, ups and downs for just over a year, totally transfixed with you sailing Magic Carpet and the refitting of MC2. Your story has TV series quality, I love following you weekly, albeit behind real time. I am carrying out minor re-fit work on my Seamaster Sailer 23 on a low budget, you both are an inspiration and an example of partnership and team work that everyone could aspire to achieve.
It's refreshing to see how commited you guys work in this importante boat & life project, and how acute are Maya's thoughts and words. Together with the awsome tasted sountrack and images, it makes your channel videos definitely one of the best things around on youtube for people interested in sailing.
Cheers and thank you!
P.s: you have excellent reasons to be proud of youself too, Maya: for the hard committed work in the boat and for the inspired and inspiring words in this episode 👏👏👏.
You could use the table as an insert on a larger table, just a thought.
Your thoughts at the end remind me so much of my perspective on life. And they actually perfectly describe motherhood to me. Your writing is beautiful. Complex in its simplicity. Thank you.
You have quite the project going on, and it is quite enjoyable and informative to watch how you decide what to change and watch how you do it. It is providing me with a lot of inspiration too. In particular, I loved the comment you made towards the end, which was "The purpose means more than the temporary inconvenience." Thanks again and I hope the one boat I am refitting is half as nice as what you will create!
Small tip for next rewiring. Use the old cables for pulling the new ones in
If we were only rewiring we would but there is lots more to be done.
@@SailingMagicCarpet
As long as you see the journey as part of the destination, everything will be fine.
All the best from the Netherlands
Now look at that! At 25.52 min and beyond Casper the friendly ghost is doing some dance moves! 👍👌👏
I have watched the movie a lot but never realised that he has grey feet. One simply never stops learning. ;-)
If your sailing skills match your descriptive narrative abilities, I've no doubt you've many lovely sunsets ahead of you.
I have been hearing stories on the news about you folks being in a heat wave. We in Australia are accustomed to this sort of weather, but it does bring us bad forest fires. I hope that you are not threatened by this. Please keep safe!
Consider quartz for the galley countertops. It’s impervious to almost everything, from hot pans to chemicals. Heavy, but then so is the boat.
I just love your elocution and narrative, methodical is the only way to successfully refit a boat, chin up, the beauty of feeling down is that it can only get better, horizon here we come!!
ooh, I love you guys, this channel has been my safe place in the world, i love the violin, the text, everything. Greetings from Marau, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
You two are amazing ... thank you for sharing this amazing story with us. Much love from Mexico. xxx
Working in tight spaces and hunching over,etc calls for stop work and go for brisk walk. I just spent 2 years doing rot repair on smaller boat and I am 69 with a disc in my spine that likes to shift about and pinch on nerve.Sometimes stopping and going for walk clears the cobwebs and you return to job with renewed energy.Viewing with interest from southwest Vancouver Island.
Filming your private life while giving your all to make videos and sharing your life with ours has both good and bad times that is life and thank you for accepting the challenge of sharing your life with us
Love the wry humour that can only come from hard work and the brilliant life philosophy. Purpose, ‘happiness the deep kind.’ Even though you’re landlocked you’re still my favourite sailors. I’m so proud of you both. What amazing examples of goodness. Please give yourselves permission to have a real break soon.
Some great ideas for the interior. I admire your pluck and sticktoitness at this early stage. May it always be thus!
Concur 100% with your philosophy; life is indeed a bowl of cherries but don’t fret over the pits.
Life anywhere is a challenge and you have to go through the rain to see the sunshine. Best wishes
”The lawn mover for boat interiors” - I’ll remember that one
Yes, doing crap jobs on days you feel like shit is the way to go. It always makes me feel better. You get a job done that you didn’t want to start, it didn’t ruin your mood, since it was crap anyway. Mostly after the crappy part comes the fun part of the job.
Keep up the nice job your doing. Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱…
G'day Crew,,
Great episode guys ,, love tbe honesty ,,love the refit . What more could a salty old sailor wish for .
Thanks for sharing it with us ,,
the faithful .
Respect
from
Down Under,
Lots of problems and projects to just prep for.....been there several times on such tedious work. Y’all have the right attitude to make it come together.
You have a unique beautiful way of expressing yourself with the these limited words we have to describe 'feelings'. Thank you for sharing your thoughts...
If we didn't have crap in our life's we would forget to appreciate the good things. Love you guys. Ty.
So enjoy seeing the love you are putting into your new boat! Even the old tractor looks like art under your editing giftedness! 💗
Wow, thats a crazy sound, possibly a storm, a 10:00 ? Mountaineers and their families can go through some of the toughest life challenges on the planet.
I've been watching y'alls videos for a few weeks now, and want to say that your voice is very soothing, your words very poetic. Y'alls love, dedication, & respect for each other, and y'alls home (magic carpet II) comes across very clearly in every video.
I would like to think had life not delt the hand we have that I would have one day sailed off into the sunset.
My brother Dan was born in 1975, and diagnosed with Peter's Anomaly Plus with Short Limb Dwarfism (PPS) There are less than 90 cases ever reported worldwide, and he is #2 in the world. His stillborn twin was #3.
He is totally blind in his left eye, legally blind in his right (20/400) and only has use of his right hand. He is bedridden and still in diapers. He is also an autistic savant like in the movie Rainman, so he understands the rotation of the planets, but he don't understand "do you want something to drink" is a yes or no question, and just asking him that can send him off into a frizzy that can last for minutes or days. He kniws what time it is day or night without a watch or a clock, but he doesn't understand how his condition effects him, or us.
As a family we have always taken care of him without outside help. It is 24/7 and all hands on deck kinda life.... it's just me, my sister, her daughter, and her granddaughter left. I can say that the only family that has left Dan, has left only in death.
So, I sit here in Dan's World and care for him, I will sail around with y'all on adventures that I can only have because y'all share with the world.
Life isn't always easy, but it's alwasys worth it if you love what you do.
I have a fb group called Dan's World if you would like to check it out, and welcome to join us also. He's the one with his head laying on a baby shark pillow. He is a HOOT & our HEART
Looking forward to sailing with y'all on MCII
You are a beautiful storyteller, your are at the start of a marathon, you need to take a day off and explore your beautiful surroundings. Peace be with you both.⛵️⛵️😊
Great video as always! Aladino is a beast with great skills and swiss precision, a joy to watch him at work. Beautiful scenery at the end with valid reflections. Take care of each other and allow yourselves some rest!
I’ve learned to mine all experiences for happiness or laughter or joy. Sometimes I have to dig deep 🙂. My most precious memories are often associated with difficulty and struggle. My most delightful discoveries also. ❤️
... you really have such a kind way with words. Who knew freedom would be so much hard work. As I watch this you no doubt will be many months ahead and I can't wait to see how it unfolds. I also can't keep myself from wondering how Magic Carpet has been "drying out" on the other side of the world? Such a great adventure.
“Lawn mower” for boats interiors....... Magic statement!...... LOL!........all the best Richard
What a beautiful story of effort and reward!🧡
You’re spot on with your life reflections
Keep at it! Any one who has owned and worked to renovate even a small boat or completed a remodel will appreciate what you guys are doing. I loved all the travel, but you still have me hooked! Oddly, it’s like you are family.
Yes, Maya is completely articulate and talented. Love it when she plays music as well. Just got to the funny comments about Aladino doing crap jobs when he feels like crap. Sometimes that’s the best way!.
Oh, oh, and thanks for "If that ain't Love". Nice little tune.
In Dutch we have a saying for moment's someone is doing great work. We say Goed bezig.... Literally..... Good busy.
So GOOD BUSY
As I watched the rainy day portion of the episode, it was 89 F at 19:30 PDT in Port Townsend and there is not a glimmer of a chance or rain in the 10 day forecast. Some cool, rainy grey would go really good right now!
Inspirational as usual, especially your speech toward the end. Great work.
No pain, no gain. You two have amazing attitudes.
He is indeed pretty wonderful and you, 'lady magic Maja' are pretty wonderful to acknowledge that he is.. as is.. your observation that happiness includes gloom, frustration and melancholy.
The Klein Tools 63050 Heavy Duty High Leverage Cutters for Aluminum, Copper, and Communications Cable are my favorite too! The funny thing is, as soon as I saw you using the Kleins, I thought how much I love mine. And then you went on about yours and how much you love them. We're kindred spirits. 🤭💙 I'm sure you already know cutting anything with a steel core will gap and ruin them and they're not cheap either.
Hearing you speak of working through the gloom, with examples from mountaineering and music, is uplifting. Why?! Because the value of your shared experience will never decrease, it defines you as a couple, enhancing the sympathetic resonance. Thank You.
Such a great storyteller and lovely couple. I have followed this channel since the first boat.
you could use the table as the center unit and add two side units on each side that fold in to store tripling the size of the existing table.
Aladino, with the fuel tank mounted low , below the floorboards, I suggest you install an auxiliary,high output electric fuel pump between the fuel pump and the first filter… this is the way Island Packet did it on all their earlier boats.
Thank u2 for being u..
I support your lifestyle choices.
Together, as a team, partnering in sailing through life on marvelous to follow.
Iam so proud of u2..
I really love your comments towards the end of this episode (24 min) True wisdom! Thank you so much!!!
The electrical cables are most likely "stiff" because they are Romex cables made for other purposes and are likely solid copper wire instead of stranded. Stranded is easier to bend (less stiff) and for that reason are less likely to "crack" from vibration, although I can't imagine a sailboat ever vibrating in a manner that would do that, even from a running engine at idle unless it ran TO the engine and the engine was REALLY loose on its mounts. And of course, stranded wire for Marine applications needs to be tinned completely to prevent corrosion that could break some of the strands of wire leading to increased heat in the remainder, and blown fuses or fires. I have seen a lot of crimps being put on bare stranded wire on boats. I think that is asking for trouble eventually. I don't do it.
Nice episode. A lot of good projects done! I really liked the insightful correlation of happiness vs the challenge. Lots of thoughtfulness and wisdom in that one. Btw, you might want to consider removing that wall between the galley and the saloon, along with those ceiling knees in the fwd saloon. They make the space seem closed in. Removing them will help to have a more open floorplan and appear more spacious.
I love watching how you two work together. Beautiful couple, beautiful boat. I need to tell you though I miss the violin.
You're both far more than athletes, you're very special, talented, centred people and an inspiration to many.